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1.0 INTRODUCTION

HTAA, KUANTAN Medical Microbiology is an essential component in the infectious disease field and
knowledge in this area is vital to the clinical management of infection. Microbiology
unit is particularly involved in isolation of the causative agents as well as monitoring
and screening of diseases.

Microbiology unit divided into five sub-units:
i. Bacteriology
ii. Mycology
iii. Serology
iv. Parasitology
v. Molecular

2.0 SERVICES

Microbiology unit provides the following services:

i. Diagnostic microbiological services which comprise of bacteriology, mycology,
serology, parasitology, TB diagnosis and molecular testing.
ii. Participation in hospital wide infection control activities related to
surveillance,control and anticipation of nosocomial infections.
iii. Provision of microbiologic studies of the hospital environment and sterility
testing.

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